bro ground zero was TERRIFYING i remember it so vividly when i was in middle school walking past the construction site and the eerie atmosphere in that part of the city
2026-09-12 16:29:55
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User000111222 :
Every year I feel compelled to spend an hour or two just reading, watching, and crying. It somehow gets more crushing every year
2026-09-13 02:50:19
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pnwvampberry :
I took a deep dive into 9/11 recently after being that person who wasn’t there and has been completely detached and on the opposite side of the country I feel bad for EVER joking about it.
2026-09-13 05:35:23
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Megan :
My dad was a first responder as welll and died In 2021 from a 9/11 related cancer it’s still effecting us decades later
2026-09-13 00:24:26
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Mike🗽🚉 :
growing up in new york they’d always have a moment of silence for 9/11 in school every year and would play a memorial video on the smart board
2026-09-12 17:46:51
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Summer :
As a tri-state resident, it is so huge here that I thought it would become a federal observed holiday.
2026-09-12 12:15:44
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Allison Druhan :
AGREE!!!!! I GREW UP IN WASHINGTON DC!! SAME SENTIMENT!! I was also too young… but my dad saw the plane go into the pentagon, since he worked in a high rise a block or so away. He saw the fire ball and all.
2026-09-12 06:35:04
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Keeks :
I think if you live in the US you need to learn it. Families from all over the country lost people 🖤
2026-09-12 11:41:22
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brittneydotcom :
This…I’m from NYC and vividly remember 9/11. When I moved to New Orleans, I immediately began educating myself more on Hurricane Katrina and the long lasting impact it had. If you’re living in a new place, I feel like it’s your responsibility to learn about the history of the place and the experiences of the people that are from there.
2026-09-13 05:34:21
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everyday.samanthaa :
Agreed, know all the history, the after math, the emotional trauma. Listen to the stories watch the films
2026-09-12 03:55:45
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shannon :
As someone who has moved out of state, I find that most people don’t even acknowledge the day
2026-09-12 05:15:10
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Sashaaaa :
I was born and raised in nyc and I’ve always experienced the grief of that day around me even if I wasn’t alive but honestly now, starting college by World Trade Center and taking classes in a building that was destroyed that day, hits twice as hard. Never forget.
2026-09-12 05:11:36
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Shea :
I know too many people who lost family and friends to not take it seriously
2026-09-12 04:47:28
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Jen :
I live in CT and know first responders who drove down the next day to help in any way they could. People take it quite seriously here because and I can’t imagine being somewhere in the US that just considers this a normal day
2026-09-12 22:32:24
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theuncloseablegap :
I totally agree. I’m sure I moved here. I did in fact joke about 911 but you can just tell that that shit will not stay in the city and it’s really not funny.
2026-09-12 04:20:02
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Ricardo Valero🔻🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 :
oh brother!!!
2026-09-12 14:24:27
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kristen_surya :
wow i never knew disney did that for first responder families. thank you for sharing that. also you’re right. i’m older than you but i also grew up here and ppl don’t get it.
2026-09-12 13:28:04
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sam :
Even outside of NY, 9/11 changed so many lives. i was born in Baltimore, MD but moved to Georgia when I was 2. My dad is a pilot and he got home to Baltimore the night before 9/11. (i was basically one year old) However, after 9/11, a bunch of pilots were laid off, including my dad. my dad was out of work for like 3 years and it led up to move to Georgia to be closer to my grandmother and other family living down here. we’ve been in Georgia ever since (we’ve moved around the state a bit but still here). basically, if 9/11 hadn’t happened, our whole lives would be different.
2026-09-13 14:46:39
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Kait🖤 :
Upstate NYer here, like Lake George NY, we take the anniversary very very seriously. I’ve met people from all over the world through my work and truly, people outside of the tristate area don’t understand the gravity.
2026-09-12 13:19:36
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_ashley19924 :
I’m from Idaho and knew nobody personally affected by 9/11 but I am emotional every year. I pay my respects, I’ve visited the memorial. I will never forget. There are many of us in the US who feel this way
2026-09-12 05:51:58
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Sandra Farnsworth :
I was a 19 year old NYU student and watched the towers burn from West 4th St. I still feel trauma over it all these years later.
2026-09-13 10:21:11
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Eric Viñas :
I’m a transplant but have NEVER said “why is everyone so serious about 9-11” cause HUH??
2026-09-13 17:58:43
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beatrizalina :
no bc i feel like nyfw happening the same week is lowkey tone deaf… went once two years ago and didn’t feel like 9/11 wasn’t mentioned as much as i thought it would be??
2026-09-13 01:28:03
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becca grace 🪩 :
yess LI new yorker here. everyone i knew growing up had someone they knew in the towers that day. my dad lost a friend in the north tower. 9/11 was talked about and everyone who tragically died were ALWAYS honored around me growing up. when i was 18, i went to college at pace in fidi and so many ppl who moved into the dorms from other parts of the country had no idea about how devastating 9/11 truly was. i grew up going into manhattan every weekend and i remember before the freedom tower and memorial pools, that area was a mess and it would frighten me sm as a kid. it will ALWAYS be never forget.
2026-09-12 14:37:45
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